Windows 2000 Active Directory - The Administrator*s Handbook

Microsoft's Active Directory is a quantum leap forward in the management, interoperability, and security of your enterprise network. More that just an overview of the new features, Windows 2000 Active Directory helps you get the most out of this new tool's potential. Brovick, Hauger, and Wade will help you obviate pitfalls while giving you detailed solutions and pragmatic advice you won't find anywhere else. Perfect for network architects and implementers, this book describes the intricacies of Active Directory while keeping real-world systems and constraints in mind. If you are charged with planning, implementing, or managing Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Active Directory will help you: learn how to define your organization's business and technical requirements, and couple them with Active Directory's functionality; develop a unified directory strategy that will support enterprise applications now and in the future; and comprehend how Active Directory and DNS can coexist peacefully.

Edgar Brovick is the national director for Cambridge's Network Solutions Practice. Ed's experience started in development on a team creating an SNA PUT2 for NCR Systems. Most recently, Ed was a founding member of Excel Data's network services organization before its acquisition by Cambridge Technology Partners. Ed has a B.A. and M.S. in computer science, and he received his M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.

Doug Hauger is the director of the Knowledge Management Group for Microsoft's Worldwide Enterprise Group. The Knowledge Management Group focuses on business uses of Microsoft's knowledge management solution in such areas as intranets, extranets, and the Internet by evangelizing both the technology and the methodology necessary to develop and deploy knowledge management solutions. Before joining Microsoft, Doug was Director of Technology at Cambridge Technology Partners, focusing on implementing Microsoft technology in large enterprise environments. Doug has worked extensively in the Middle East, and he will someday be drawn back there by his wife's career¿at which point, he will work harder than ever taking care of the home and children. Doug holds a B.A. from St. Olaf College and a M.A. from Boston University.

William C. Wade III has been a networking and systems consultant for several years. From a big-six consulting firm, Bill's interests and talents lead him into the MCSE and MCT channels. Along the way, he worked for several solution providers, big and small, where he gained a great deal of experience implementing Microsoft solutions. Today, as an independent contractor available for hire, Bill works closely with Microsoft and other companies on Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 projects. In his spare time, he writes articles, white papers, and books on new Microsoft technologies. Bill can be reached at bill@wadeware.net.